Pomroy Surname

190,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Pomroy Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de la pommeraye,' at the apple orchard, from residence thereby; compare Pury, i.e. at the pear orchard.

Joan de la Pomeroy. Rolls of Parliament.

Henry de la Pomereye, or Pomeraye, Devon, 1273.

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Pomroy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1101:326,54029,667
England5871:94,92010,135
Australia2611:103,43211,643
Canada1781:206,99820,123
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Jersey141:7,0861,520
Wales131:238,04114,239
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Malta41:107,5681,849
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2181:111,81410,928
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7221:69,5557,530

Pomroy (10) may also be a first name.

Pomroy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de la pommeraye,' at the apple orchard, from residence thereby; compare Pury, i.e. at the pear orchard.

Joan de la Pomeroy. Rolls of Parliament.

Henry de la Pomereye, or Pomeraye, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Pomeray, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Isota de la Pomerey, Devon, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Robert Pomeroy, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1594. Andrew Pomeroy, or Pomroy, Devon: Register of the University of Oxford.

1638-9. Pascoe Pomroy and Elizabeth Wilson: Marriage Lic. (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at an [Apple - Orchard [French pommeraie, apple - orchard; Low Latin pomeretum (-etum, plantation suff.), apple- orchard, fruit-garden; Latin pomarium, orchard-pom-um, any kind of fruit] Henry de la Pomeraye.—Hundred Rolls La Pommeray is a Calvados (Normandy) village-name.

Berry Pomeroy, Devon, owes its second name to a Norman grantee.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, Irish, French) Dweller at, or near, an apple orchard; one who came from La Pommeraye, (apple orchard), in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The parish of S. Sauveur de la Pommeraye, in the department of La Manche, Normandy, gave name to a great family mentioned in Domesday Book, and by Brompton; and they in turn conferred it upon Berry Pomeroy, co. Devon. Mem. Soc. Antiq. Norman vol. vii. Ralph de Pomerei held 58 lordships at the time of the Survey, in the counties of Devon and Somerset. Kelham. Pommeraye, in O. French, signifies an orchard, (Cotgrave), and De la Pomeraye is found in H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(French.) Pomme—roi, a kind of apple, the royal apple, king's apple, or king of apples; a name probably given to a gardener for his skill in raising them, or a name of place where such apples were raised.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Pomeroy is an ancient Devonshire surname, and the name of a parish (Berry Pomeroy) in that county. From the Conquest to the reign of Edward VI. the powerful and ennobled family of De Pomeroy owned the manor of Berry Pomeroy and much other property in that county (Worthy's "Ashburton"). There are still a few of the name in Devonshire.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Pomroy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pomroy Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pomroy occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pomroy.

How Common Is The Last Name Pomroy? popularity and diffusion

Pomroy is the 190,382nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,287,120 people. Pomroy is predominantly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Pomroy reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pomroy is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 10 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,110 people, or 1 in 326,540. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 18 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 10 percent live and Minnesota, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in England, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Pomroy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pomroy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pomroy last name increased 154 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 269 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pomroy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pomroy surname are 3.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.41% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pomroy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 89.28% more than the national average, earning R 449,796 per year; in United States they earn 4.92% less than the national average, earning $41,025 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.84% more than the national average, earning $50,597 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pomroye920/
Pommroy920/
Pomry912/
Ponroy83680/
Pumroy83182/
Pomrop8380/
Pomrey832/
Pomrot832/
Pomrod832/
Pamroy830/
Pemroy830/
Pomray830/
Phomrot7733/
Potemry775/
Phumroy771/
Phomrod771/
Poomrod771/
Pamry737/
Ponro732/
Pomra732/
Pomre732/
Pumro732/
Pemro731/
Pemry730/
Pumry730/
Poomraya712/
Pomrit6740/
Pamryd679/
Pomrat676/
Ponrod676/
Ponrot675/
Phonro674/
Pomree673/
Pumros672/
Pumrod672/
Ponros671/
Poomre671/
Ponrey671/
Pamros671/
Ponrop671/
Pumroi671/
Pumrot671/
Pamroo671/
Pumroz670/
Pamray670/
Pemrey670/

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